Our two new products are now officially out! A birch infused vacuum distilled vodka named EIMIR and a super woody and delicious bitter called BÖRKUR! Both products are developed especially for the cocktail market but as they are so wonderfully well balanced and smooth they can both be enjoyed chilled or on the rocks. Available in Iceland through Glóbus. All international enquires to be sent via e-mail to info@fossdistillery.is

“I discovered a drinks producer from Iceland and got them to send me some samples of their birch-flavoured liqueur, birch eau de vie and birch bitters. I had the idea of combining three variations of one flavour and then putting them back together so that it becomes more than the sum of its parts. Max and I finalise the twig garnish – we are hoping it is implicit not to gnaw it.”

Foss distillery is extremely proud to announce that Drink Factoryhas been working on a new cocktail called “Initials” for one of the worlds best cocktail bar, 69 Colebrook Row. Using only our new birch vodka, birch bitter and birch syrup! The products are not even out yet but surely are getting some serious attention from some serious players!

Soon you might be able to sip Icelandic liqueurs made with alcohol distilled from all Icelandic ingredients: and milk. The Icelandic dairy company MS aims at using whey, which is a by-product when producing processed milk products, to manufacture ethanol. The ethanol would then be used to create alcohol which the distillery Foss would aims at use to manufacture spirits.Read more.

The blog world is going mad for the Reykjavík Bar Summit that was held late February here in Iceland. You can find endless articles where the bloggers rave about the event! It was fun, no actually it was epic!

Foss distillery is gearing up for next weeks Reykjavík Bar Summit! We are super excited to meet all the contestants this year and build future relationships.

Reykjavik Bar Summit is an annual three day event for bars from North America and Europe to gather and compete on a neutral ground in Iceland. The festival is celebration for the bar community and an event where bars can meet, battle it out, mingle, party and get inspired.

Foss distillery was recently featured in a brand new show on the Travel Chanel called the Booze Traveler. It was filmed last spring and we have been eagerly waiting to see the episode featuring Iceland. Must say that we are very happy with the result and Ólafur Örn Ólafsson and Jakob Bjarnason did a great job!

Foss distillery spent the past weekend at the Food and drinks show in Laugardalshöll in Reykjavík. It was a very successful event and our products had a great response from the public. We allowed the public to taste our latest product, birch syrup, and it proved to be a massive success. People and companies are literally waiting for it to be launched. We cannot wait ourselves and are working hard at it!

Foss distillery spent the past week travelling to London and Copenhagen. In London we spent most of our time either in meetings or at NOLA bar where our fabulous American business partners, Avery and Janet Glasser, entertained the crowd with their brilliant New Orleans way of getting them to take their pants off! Kulturnatten in Copenhagen was a more civilised do and we loved how well Björk and Birkir were received by the public. Think it is save to say that the future is ours and we cannot wait to begin the next step in Foss distillery’s history!

Today, one of Iceland’s finest bartenders, Guðmundur Sigtryggsson, is competing in Cape Town in the 2014 World Cocktail Championship! Foss distillery is a proud sponsor and we look forward to hear how well he did!

Foss distillery, the makers of the unique Icelandic Birkir Snaps and Björk Liqueur, are heading to the US. All of the necessary documents and licenses have been finalized and the first bottles for the US market are in the final stages of production. The plan is for Björk & Birkir to be available by the beginning of October. Vendetta Spirits, a New Orleans based company, will handle the importation and oversee all the sales and marketing of the products in the US.

VESTURPORT Theater Group participated in the new-circus show TOQQARTAT in Greenland a short while ago. They kindly brought some Birkir with them to introduce to their fellow artists at the show and it was a huge success. Svenn Syrin, Greenlands National Theatre Director was clearly moved by the experience and went on to say “it tastes like a summer morning at home in the deep fjords of North Norway”!

Our beautiful new website is finally finished and we are ever so proud of it! Here you can find all the relevant information about the company, our products, retailers, cocktails made using our products and last but not least news of the company. More products are on the horizon and Foss distillery is soon heading to the US so stay tuned!